Manifold letter-writer



(No Model.)

J. M. RUSS.

WITNESSES tion, part of which is shown in section; Fig. i

NITED STATES PATENT Enron.

MANIVFIOLD LETTER-WRITER.

SPEGIFICATIOIV forming part of Letters Patent No. 591 ,084, datedOctober 5, 1897. Application filed February 2'7, 1897. fierial No.625,307. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MORGAN Russ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Bladen and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ManifoldLetter- WVriters, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to manifold letterwriters; and the object thereofis to provide an improved device of this class whereby a number ofsimilar letters may be written with a pen at the same time. 7

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved letter-writer, the separate partsthereof being in position for operation; Fig.2, a bottom plan view of adetail of the construc- 3, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4,a section on the line at 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide an oblongbox or casing 5, which is open at one side and in which is pivoted aplate or board 6, and the back of the box or casing is provided withtransverse strips 7, in which are formed notches or recesses 8. V

The plate or board 5 is provided near the rear edge thereof with alongitudinal strip 9, which is secured thereto in any desired manner andat the ends of which is pivoted a frame comprising a front strip 10andend bars 11, and said frame is provided near the rear portion thereofwith a longitudinal bar 12, and the longitudinal bar 12 and the frontstrip 10 of the pivoted frame are connected by a cross-bar 13 near theleft-hand end thereof. I also provide a cross-plate 14, which is securedto the pivoted frame at the left-hand end thereof and on which is formeda longitudinal extension 15, and the cross-plate 14: is provided with'aplurality of upwardly-directed pins 16.

1 The pivoted frame is adapted to hold the sheets of paper'on which theletters are to be written, three of which are shown and designated bythe reference-numerals 17, 18, and .19, and I'also provide a bar'20,which is provided at the left-hand end thereof with a longitudinal slot21, which is formed in the bottom thereof, and said bar is provided atproper intervals, which correspond with the position of the sheets 17,18, and 19, with pen-stock holders, which consist of short open tubes22, which are secured to the bar 20and through which the pen-stocks 23are passed, as shown in Fig. 4, and said pen-stocks are provided attheir inner ends with penholders, with which pens 24 are connected.

The pens 24 are adapted to bear on the sheets of paper and may be inkedin the usual orany preferred manner, and in practice the bar 20 isgrasped by the right-hand end thereof, as indicated at 25, and bymanipulating said bar, as will be readily understood, so as to form theletters, as indicated in Fig. 1, the separate copies of the letter maybe written. In this operation the bar is free to move on one of the pins16, which slides in the groove 21, and when a line has been written thebar is moved outwardly on the next adjacent pin.

This device is simple in construction and operation and well adapted toaccomplish the result for which it is intended, and the notches orrecesses 8 in the strips 7, which are secured to theback of the box orcasing, are intended to hold the bar 20 when not in use, and the hingeplate or board at 6, together with the pivoted frame, is adapted to beswung upwardly into said box or casing, as will also be readilyunderstood.

. The bar 20 is provided with a weigh't26, which is connected therewith.by a pivoted bar 27, on which said weight is adapted to be adjusted, andthis weight is intended to hold the pens upon the paper and tofacilitate the operation of said bar.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patentl. A manifold letter-writing device, consistingof a plate or board on which is mount ed a pivoted frame, by means ofwhich separate sheets of paper are held on said plate or board, saidpivoted frame being provided ICC) at one end with a cross-plate, towhich is secured a number of vertical pins, and a bar which is providedwith a longitudinal groove in the lower side thereof, in which one ofsaid pins is adapted to operate, said bar being also provided withtransverse penholders, substantially as shown and described.

2. A manifold letter-writing device, consisting of a plate or board onwhich is mounted a pivoted frame, by means of which separate sheets ofpaper are held on said plate or board, said pivoted frame being providedat one end with a cross-plate, to which is secured a number of verticalpins, and a bar which is provided with a longitudinal groove in thelower side thereof, in which one of said pins is adapted to operate,said bar being also provided with transverse penholders, and said plateor board being pivotally connected with a box or casing into which it isadaptedto be folded, substantially as shown and described.

3. A manifold letter-Writing device, consisting of a plate or board onwhich is mounted a pivoted frame, by means of which separate sheets ofpaper are held on said plate or board, said pivoted frame being providedat one end with a cross-plate, to which is secured a number of verticalpins, and a bar which is provided with a longitudinal groove in thelower side thereof, in which one of said pins is adapted to operate,said bar being also provided with transverse penholders, and said plateor board being pivotally connected with a boX or easing into which it isadapted to be folded, and said box or casing being provided withtransverse strips which are secured to the back thereof, in which areformed notches or recesses, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 20th day ofFebruary, 1897.

JOHN MORGAN RUSS.

Witnesses:

R. S. WHITE, T. V. BUTLER.

